diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c099a3e85f..8e078e5918 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ addons:
 before_install:
   - uname -s
   - echo "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME"
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then choco install make ; fi
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then ./build.sh deps-macosx ; else ./build.sh deps-apt-get ; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then choco install make; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then choco install visualstudio2017professional; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then ./build.sh deps-macosx ; else ./build.sh deps-apt-get; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew ls --versions snappy > /dev/null || brew install snappy; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew ls --versions cmake > /dev/null || brew install cmake; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew ls --versions libmagic > /dev/null || brew install libmagic; fi